Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on April 23, 2013
- NBBL Lawyer Jim Walden Spreading Misinformation About Bike Lanes to Manhattan CB 8 (DNA)
- Bikeshare.com Maps 2013 North American Start-Ups (TransNat)
- MTA Board Postpones Decision on How to Use “Extra” $40M (TransNat)
- City Planning Certifies Bloomberg’s East Midtown Rezoning Plan (DNA)
- Select Bus Service Coming to Webster Avenue in June (News)
- Post-Sandy Rockaways Commute Made Worse by Overcrowding on the Q53 (NY1)
- MTA to Expand Williamsburg Bus Service; “Activist” Says There’s Too Much Traffic Already (Bklyn Paper)
- Renovated Smith-Ninth Street Station Reopens Friday (News)
- TLC Pilot Program Tests Six Electric Taxis (News, CapNY)
- One Motorcyclist Killed, One Seriously Injured in Separate Crashes Yesterday (DNA 1, 2)
- Man Carjacks Cab in Chelsea, Crashes on NJ Sidewalk After Police Chase (NYT, Post)
- NYPD Officers Arrested for DWI Apparently Never Too Drunk to Refuse BAC Test (Post, News)
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Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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